How to make money in Probably Stolen
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The safe-spend formula
Spendable = Cash − next rent − active services − tomorrow's essential inputs. If it's negative, don't buy.
Reliable early income
- Trade what your customers actually want. Attractiveness and display tags decide who walks in.
- Water: test → filter → retest → label → sell. Unlabelled or dirty water is a liability. VERIFY loop values in 1.0
- Wine: needs berries, a bottle, water, yeast and time. Ordinary yeast reportedly cuts fermentation from 4 to 2 days. VERIFY
- Rats: cages, feed and cleaning every evening; breeding creates a supply loop. VERIFY
Higher risk, higher margin
- Counterfeits sold to the elite, cutting product quality, fencing stolen goods.
- Underground market access requires advanced licenses.
- Risk: inspections, raids, mob justice. See security raids.
Emergency cash
- A Sunday merchant reportedly buys legal stock at a 15% discount. VERIFY
- Rent grace: the standard lease reportedly allows one missed payment, rolled into the next bill; Hard Mode has none. VERIFY
Best money-making career at launch
FILL at T+48h after testing full-release careers
Still stuck? Tell us which step failed — rent, appraisal, or a production line — via contact.